Oneonta

Critic Bruce Kurtz, teaching in Oneonta, began writing about the new television artform for Arts Magazine, launched with the influential essay “Video Is Being Invented.”

Around 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, a 911 caller reported seeing someone fall from a cliff near the Oneonta Trailhead, officials said.

“It shocked me. I’m not used to that. I’ve been in town government for coming up on 15 years, and we’ve never had anything quite like this,” Oneonta Supervisor Randal Mowers told Utica station WKTV.

Saturday, damaging multiple buildings and causing a fire, the Oneonta Fire Department said in a Facebook post.

A house blast in Oneonta, New York, over the weekend led to the death of one person.